A long overdue update...

It's been so long since our last update there are too many things to mention! We have had some fantastic artists in to run workshops, including Catherine Sutcliffe-Fuller to run the 'Working with Lino' course, and Mark Graver who ran the 'Acrylic-Resist Etching' weekend, along with all the regular courses, Children's workshops, HOST weekend, and the general comings and goings of open-access. It's been busy!

I have also been researching platen presses for the workshop, and can now finally reveal that WYPW has purchased one! It is an old Cope and Sherwin Imperial Press, currently in the process of being re-conditioned by the fantastic Harry f. Rochat Ltd , and should be installed in the downstairs print room by the end of the year. It's very exciting and will bring a whole new area of printmaking to WYPW, as during the summer we also purchased some letterpress equipment, so look out for a new 'Introduction to Letterpress' course here in the New Year!

So here are a few images from my travels and some of the excellent workshops which have run here in the last few months...

Acrylic-Resist Etching with Mark Graver

 


Mark Graver demonstrating inking a plate

   

Pouring the acrylic ground over the aluminium plate



painting ink onto the grounded plate



Etching the plate in Copper Sulphate solution 



The surface of an etched plate

 

Once the soft resist is applied it is worked on by wiping back to reveal the metal underneath



Etching Weekend with Kate Desforges



Wiping a copper etching plate before printing




A printed open-bite aluminium plate

 

Printing the etching plates




Open-bite etching plates printed with colour rollovers

 


Soft ground etching  on zinc with colour rollover

 

Soft ground etching on zinc



Hard ground and soft ground etchings on copper



Open-bite etching on aluminium



Trip to Scalby to Bracken Press to see printmaker Michael Atkin

A few months back I went to see Michael Atkin to find out a bit more about relief presses and have a go at using his large Albion press. His studio is amazing and filled with printmaking equipment. It was the first time I had used a relief press, and I was surprised to find that the process was so much quicker and easier than using an etching press. Michael was a wealth of knowledge about all things print-related, and the visit helped me enormously in deciding what sort of press to buy for WYPW, so thank you Michael!



Colour Drypoint Workshop with Kip Gresham

On Saturday 7th May we had the pleasure to welcome Kip Gresham of The Print Studio, Cambridge, to WYPW to run a Drypoint workshop for us. He also brought along two knowledgeable helpers in the form of his son, aka Mr. Penfold, and his wife Ivanna, so participants had 3 tutors for the price of one! Kip's wealth of printmaking knowledge helped everyone on the course produce some fantastic, colourful, vibrant prints.

The workshop co-incided with the preview of the exhibition in the WYPW Gallery entitled 'In Visible Ink' - an exhibition of original prints by leading printmakers from The Print Studio, Cambridge, which is on until 4th June, so there is still time to come and see it if you haven't already.

Thanks Kip and Co! We hope to see you back here soon...



Drpoint print by Emma Lawrenson




Liz Samways working on a plate





Registering a print



Some Past Exhibitions...

Open publication - Free publishing - More art

2 New Members of WYPW

Bookbinding with Victoria Lucas

On Saturday the 23rd of April Victoria Lucas came to WYPW and delivered an amazing bookbinding workshop. The participants were taught a variety of different binding techniques, from japanese stab bound to hard back book binding. Not only was this an excellent opportunity to learn these skills, Victoria also brought in a lot of her own entertaining book work. " The tutor was clear, skilled and a great facilitator, many thanks."  Below are some images from this workshop.

Zine - Making and Self Publishing workshop with Helen Entwisle

These are some images from the wonderful one day Zine making course taught by Helen Entwisle. It took place on the 2nd of April and provided an informative and interesting look into the world of zines. The work produced by the participants were both fantastic and original, and made good use of the many materials and equipment provided by Helen. "Helen was brilliant and knowledgeable"

 

 

A zine of old stories made by Marvin Harrison

 



A zine of Fairies made by Samantha Bryan



 

 

Helen's maginificent vintage typewriter

A collection of bird stamps

Japanese Woodblock Printing workshop with Wuon-Gean Ho

Here are a few images from the 3 day Japanese Woodblock Printing workshop on 18th, 19th and 20th February 2011, with artist Wuon-Gean Ho. Participants came away with some amazing prints, some with delicate washes of colour, some with bold, vibrant hues. A fantastic weekend had by all!

Rachel Hunter inking her block




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Wuon-Gean demonstrating the printing process





Rachel Hunter's print




Emily Harvey's print




Judith Brown's print